December 2011
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“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism...”
– bell hooks ALL DAY EVERYDAY.
bell hooks (via revolutionnow) (via claudiacrayon) (via feistyfeminist)
That’s one of the most frustrating things about spreading the ideas of feminism; it’s so difficult to do, because people hear the f-word and are automatically informed by what patriarchy has told...
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Battlefield US: Americans face arrest as war... →
The United States Senate is set to vote this week on a bill that would categorize the entire USA as a “battlefield,” allowing law enforcement duties to be dished out by the American Military, who in turn could detain any US citizen as a war criminal — even coming into their own homes to issue arrests.
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For Real Though
laurark:
I believe that every person on earth has innate worth, talent, and unique things to offer the world. And that’s the thing about living is people combining their different strengths to make great things or change things and so on.
But I used to base all my self-esteem on how good my grades were and how well I drew. This is a completely unsustainable way to live and it fell apart during...
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I wonder, am I welcome at feminist events?
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firstrisingvibes:
I do not identify as a woman. But for the foreseeable future, I will be living a life in which people will read me as a woman and treat me as a woman. For all intents and purposes, society treats me as a woman. ‘Women’s issues’ like rape and abortion affect me just as much as it affects women. So, am I, a relatively femmy...
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modificationinspiration:
Disclaimer: Just because you like reblogging pretty pictures on tumblr of tattoos and piercings, DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN AUTHORITY ON BODY MODIFICATION.
Half of the modification blogs on this website are run by high school students who think that just because they pierced their friend’s ear with a safety pin once back in the 7th grade, they know ALL THERE IS TO KNOW about...
XVX: Giving Vegans a Bad Name →
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tommyxvx:
When I go into the defense of non-human animals, I think about how I’d want to be defended if I was in captivity and my family and friends were being killed off around me. I think about how I’d feel if I could hear my mother or sister being raped, hearing their screams as the newborn is dragged off into a dark corner and knowing that they would be dead in a...
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Pepper Spray Creator Blasts UC Davis Police →
jordanrock:
The creator of weaponized pepper spray, the man who helped the CIA turn what Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly called “a food product” into a chemical weapon that has killed at least 61 people, has blasted the UCDavis police department for their use of pepper spray on unarmed, non-violent seated, peaceful protesting students.
Quiet Truths: US Senate To Vote On Bill That Will... →
Since Occupy Wall Street began, American police officers have arrested thousands of people for exercising their constitutionally protected right to protest. On Monday or Tuesday, the US Senate will vote on a bill that would give the President the ability to order the military to arrest and…
The last wild Black Rhino in africa was found with... →
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Fresh wave of killings by hunters takes Indonesian... →
neiture:
Conservationists have called on the Indonesian authorities to take urgent action to save the orangutan after a report warned that the endangered great apes were being hunted at a rate that could bring them to the brink of extinction.
Erik Meijaard, who led a team carrying out the first attempt to assess the scale of the problem in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, said the...
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Feminism and the 99 Percent →
The general public has speculated on what exactly women’s roles are in the Occupy movement. Why do women care? One professor put it simply when she pointed out that women and children make up the majority of people in poverty in this country, so the issues and demands of Occupy directly affect this group of Americans. Social issues aside, females in the US face economic struggles and...
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so i've been MIA for about 3 months
urbanruins:
first of all, I’m shocked I didn’t lose all my followers. I’m going to write a lengthy explanation in a read more about what I plan to do with this blog, why I’ve been missing and what’s going on in the world of Marcus…
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Do what you need to keep your personal life and goals in check. Though I’d definitely unfollow this blog if it changed it’s focus from...
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Social Security Administration No Longer Notifying...
littleelk:
Obama administration ends practice that led to job loss and outing of transgender workers
Washington, D.C. - The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that it has ended the practice of allowing gender to be matched in its Social Security Number Verification System (SSNVS). This will result in the immediate cessation of SSA sending notifications that alert employers when...
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Woodrow Wilson, 1922: Of course, like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.
Rick Perry, 2011: It's a theory that's out there. It's got some gaps in it.
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Huffington Post calls the shit out of LGBT... →
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iragray:
TW: CISSEXISM AND BRUTAL VIOLENCE
… imagine a 19-year-old girl being dropped off at an acquaintance’s home by a taxi on a Sunday night and finding three men on the lawn waiting for her. Imagine them kidnapping, torturing, decapitating, dismembering and burning her alive for sport, as young, raucous boys would to a Barbie doll. Imagine them chucking...
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NYPD pepper sprays man to death
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The death of a Bronx man who suffered a fatal asthma attack after cops pepper-sprayed him has been ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner.
An autopsy found that Kemp Yarborough cause of death was by“acute bronchial asthma attack during a physical altercation including pepper spray,” the city medical examiner told….
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